Description

GEO2_KE2019 identifies the household's county within Kenya in 2019. Counties are the second level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_KE2019 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Kenya can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

Kenya passed a new constitution in 2010 which nullified all geography changes that occurred after 1992. As a result, the former Provinces were abolished, and the former second level administrative units, formerly Districts, were elevated to the new first level administrative units and renamed Counties. The 47 districts present in 1992, with the same boundaries present at that point, now represent the 47 counties that make up the first geographic level. Despite counties now being the first administrative level, counties are used as the second level of geography identified in GEO2_KE2019 to preserve comparability between samples.

For sub-counties in the 2019 sample, see GEO3_KE2019.

Universe

Availability

• Kenya: 2019